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The animal is the namesake of South Florida's hockey team, and the team has donated to the preservation of panther habitats. In 2023 the Florida panther was featured on a United States Postal Service forever stamp as part of the Endangered Species set, based on a photograph from Joel Sartore's Photo Ark.
Corkscrew Regional Ecosystem Watershed (CREW) is a conservation area in Florida covering more than 60,000 acres in Lee County, Florida and Collier County, Florida. It provides habitat for species including the Florida panther, snail kite, bobcat, and wood stork. Public trails are part of the preserve. [1] CREW connects to various protected land ...
There are numerous Federally listed animals that depend upon or utilize tropical hardwood hammocks. Hardwood hammocks in the Big Cypress region provide important habitat for the Florida panther. The eastern indigo snake is found in tropical hardwood hammocks throughout South Florida, as well as other communities such as sandhill and scrub.
The Florida panther was chosen as the state animal of Florida in 1982 by a vote of elementary school students throughout the state. Here's how to identify them and where they can be found. Florida ...
Florida is offering speciality license plates to help pay for the research, monitoring and conservation efforts of the Florida panther.
At least 239 Florida panthers have died in vehicular collisions in the past 10 years, according to Panther Crossing, an organization dedicated to reducing deaths of the animals due to cars. The ...
Path of the Panther is a documentary directed by Eric Bendick that follows National Geographic photographer Carlton Ward Jr. as he documents the conservation efforts to protect the endangered Florida panther and its habitat in the Florida Everglades. The panther coexists with other wildlife in ecosystems increasingly threatened by development ...
“Most Florida panthers will avoid a confrontation,” FWC said, so you should give the animal space. Just like if you see a Florida black bear, you should not run from the panther. Instead ...